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Hindustan Times
8 hours ago
- General
- Hindustan Times
AP DSC Recruitment Exam 2025 underway, know when answer key will be released and other details here
Jun 30, 2025 12:32 PM IST The Department of School Education (DSE), Andhra Pradesh, is conducting MEGA DSC 2025 examinations, which will end on July 6, 2025. The exam is being conducted in computer-based test (CBT) mode. AP DSC Recruitment Exam 2025: The answer key will be released once the exam concludes. Check schedule here. (Kunal Patil/HT file) Once the exams are over, the DSE Andhra Pradesh will release the initial or provisional answer key. As per the official schedule, the Initial Key will be released on the second day after completion of the last exam. Also read: Allahabad University admission through CUET UG 2025: Registration begins today Along with the answer key, the window to submit objections will also be opened for those candidates who wish to challenge the initial key. Candidates will need to submit their objections within a stipulated time. Candidates must note here that no challenges will be entertained after the stipulated time. The challenges will then be verified by an expert committee constituted by the DSE, and the final answer key will be revised if required. Also read: Maharashtra FYJC Admission 2025: Reporting at allotted colleges begins today The schedule states that the AP DSC final answer key 2025 will be released in seven days from the last date of receiving the objections Notably, the AP DSC 2025 is being conducted to fill 16,347 vacancies. Also read: UPSC Recruitment 2025: Applications open for Regional Director and various other posts, direct link to apply and more AP DSC Answer Key 2025: Steps to download Candidates can follow the steps mentioned below to download the answer key: Visit the official website at On the home page, click on the link to download the initial key (provisional answer key). Enter your credentials to log in, and submit. Check the answer key displayed on the screen. Download and keep a printout of the same for further use. For more details, candidates are advised to visit the official website at
Hindustan Times
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Despite retraction on Hindi, monsoon session expected to be rocky
MUMBAI: Even though the Mahayuti government has taken the wind out of the opposition's sails by scrapping the controversial decision to make Hindi a third language in primary school, the monsoon session of the state legislature is still likely to be rocky. The opposition parties have geared up to corner the government on issues ranging from corruption charges against Mahayuti leaders and irregularities in the infrastructure tender process to the government's dilly-dallying on the promised loan waiver to farmers and the controversial Shaktipeeth Expressway. Mumbai_June 25_ Mantralaya was renovated in four days after fire in Mumbai,India, on Monday, June 25, 2012. (Photo by Kunal Patil / Hindustan Times) On Sunday, opposition parties boycotted the customary tea party, protesting against 'government failure' on multiple fronts, including corruption, education policies, agricultural distress, the law-and-order situation and rising state debt. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray dubbed the BJP-led government 'anti-Maharashtra', citing the shifting of the International Finance Centre to Gujarat, and the flight of investment such as the Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor project, the Tata Airbus project and a bulk drug park to the neighbouring state. 'Besides, Marathis were attacked for eating non-vegetarian food, and they now are doing injustice to the Marathi language by forcing Hindi in schools,' he said at a meeting of opposition leaders. Dubbing the Thane-Ghodbunder twin tunnels and the Bhayander-Ghodbunder elevated bridge as ' ₹ 3,000-crore corruption cases', Ambadas Danve, leader of the opposition in the legislative council, reminded reporters on Sunday that these projects were scrapped after the Supreme Court rebuked the government. The issue of the Nagpur-Goa Shaktipeeth Expressway, which is being strongly opposed by farmers, was also raised. Congress leader Satej Patil said the project would burden the state exchequer unnecessarily. 'The state's debt is expected to increase to ₹ 9,32,242 crore by next year,' he said. 'Despite this, the government took another loan of ₹ 20,000 crore to complete the Shaktipeeth land acquisition process. It took this decision, disregarding the fact that the debt-to-GSDP (gross state domestic product) ratio will reach 25% in the next four years.' The other issues expected to be raised during the monsoon session include corruption cases against Mahayuti ministers and leaders such as Sanjay Shirsat and Sandipan Bhumre (both Shiv Sena), controversies related to statements made by agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate, and irregularities in other infrastructure projects such as the Virar-Alibaug Multimodal Corridor. CM Devendra Fadnavis, while addressing the media on the eve of the monsoon session, said that the government was not 'running away' from the debate in the houses, as despite having a thumping majority, the Mahayuti believed the opposition was a vital part of the democratic set-up. 'We are all prepared with enough 'stock',' he said. Fadnavis took a potshot at the opposition parties, saying that their letter rejecting the invitation to the tea party had the same reasons that were listed during the last assembly session. 'But the number of signatures on the letter has shrunk,' he said. 'Besides, Bhaskar Jadhav, the Shiv Sena (UBT) group leader in the assembly, did not turn up for the opposition meeting.' Adding to this, deputy CM Eknath Shinde sneered that the opposition parties had turned into opposition groups and were the 'tukde tukde gang' of the opposition.
The Wire
6 days ago
- Business
- The Wire
After Latest Crash, Spotlight on Air India's History of Ignoring Whistleblowers
Tarushi Aswani a minute ago At least three former staffers have said their concerns around safety procedures, training protocols and more were ignored – and they were eventually fired from the airline. Wreckage of the crashed Air India plane being lifted through a crane, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Saturday, June 14, 2025. Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil New Delhi: On June 12, the tragic crash of Air India flight AI 171, headed from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to London's Gatwick, left the world in shock. More than 250 people died – those who were on the flight and those in the building the plane crashed into. Since the crash, it appears as though Air India just can't stay out of the news. Multiple of the airline's flights have been cancelled or had to return without reaching their destination owing to technical snags and crew-duty delays. On June 16, for instance, a Delhi-bound Air India flight from Hong Kong returned to its airport of origin, after the pilot in command suspected a technical issue, more specifically a noise in the door of the aircraft. On June 23, an Air India Express flight from Delhi to Srinagar via Jammu returned to Delhi after suspected 'GPS interference'. Air India Express is a wholly owned subsidiary of Air India. Air India under DGCA scanner In his first public statement since the crash AI 171 crash, Tata Sons and Air India chairman N. Chandrasekaran voiced deep sorrow and concern for the loss of lives. 'It is an extremely difficult situation where I have no words to express to console any of the families of those who died,' he said. While Tata Sons and Air India maintain that there was no history of issues with the said aircraft, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) comes out strongly against the very recently privatised Air India. The DGCA has ordered Air India to remove three of its staffers from crucial operational duties and issued a stern warning for 'repeated and serious violations' related to pilot duty scheduling and oversight, with the regulator stating it could suspend the airline's licence in case of future breaches. Also read: Quality Concerns in Dreamliners That Boeing Sold to Air India Had Given a Manager Nightmares This move by the DGCA was mandated by what it said were 'systemic failures in crew scheduling, compliance monitoring, and internal accountability' — raising serious questions about the airline's attitude to passenger safety. The DGCA has also said that 'any future violation of crew scheduling norms, licensing, or flight time limitations detected in any post-audit or inspection, will attract strict enforcement action, including but not limited to penalties, license suspension, or withdrawal of operator permissions as applicable'. Silencing whistleblowers In 2021, when a former Air India pilot raised faults within the firm he had been working with for almost two decades, he noticed unusual behaviour on the part of the company. The pilot began writing to his higher ups about crucial issues within the organisation – ranging from a lackadaisical approach towards training protocols to a relaxed adherence to safety norms, even before the company was taken over by Tata Sons in January 2022. He alleged that some pilots were cheating during their training, and that because of an AI training module, the courses for co-pilots to become captains were extremely basic. In one of his emails, all of which The Wire has access to, the former pilot wrote to Campbell Wilson, chairman, Air India to bring to his 'attention to the violations and deviations committed by Air India in the process of selecting trainers who are entrusted with the enormous responsibility of training and checking all the flight crew of Air India'. The email was sent in 2022. In another email, the former pilot wrote, 'there have been a number of instances of 'Fume Events' or cabin air contamination in the Airbus fleet. Many cases have not been reported as pilots themselves are not aware of the seriousness of the issue and even when pilots/cabin crew report it, the engineers too brush it away, sometimes even blaming it on the sanitisers used to clean the cabin.' This was also penned in 2022. Again highlighting safety issues with aircraft, the employee emailed his higher ups about a GPWS warning on the morning flight AI650 from Amritsar to Mumbai on September 8, 2022. 'The crew could not configure the aircraft and inspite of a GPWS warning elected to go ahead and land, whereas it is required to execute a Go-Around (sic),' he wrote. In a letter written in 2023 to Tata Group chairman Chandrasekaran, where the pilot has stated how during his service, he consistently highlighted unsafe flight operations in Air India in several emails to Chandrasekaran as well as Wilson. He also included the letters he had earlier sent his superiors. 'When I was in Air India, I raised a lot of concerns about safety issues, training protocols and even cost cutting. Ultimately it is these issues which come together to cause an accident. In aviation, it is not just one thing that causes the loss of lives, it is when too many factors come together to cause a crash,' the pilot said. 'Few of us pointed out concerns, but they sidelined these very pressing issues,' said the former Air India pilot who had reached out to the Tata CEO. He also added that there were deficiencies and corruption in training of pilots and suppression of serious slight safety violations. 'They didn't consider that people would actually suffer because of these concerns insiders raised. People who found faults within the system were just fired,' he added. 'If they continue like this, more people will die. My intention is not to serve any motive. I don't want more accidents to happen, or people to die,' said the former pilot, who was let go after he raised several complaints to flag discrepancies within Air India. His firing reportedly took place one day after he wrote to Chandrasekaran and Wilson, and he never received a response from either of them. While letting him go, the company told the pilot that he had violated the Tata code of conduct. After the recent crash, two senior Air India flight attendants wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming they were terminated from service by the airline after they refused to change their statement about a technical problem with a Boeing 787 in May 2024. They have demanded a CBI probe into the issue. They said they were fired after they refused to alter their statements about a technical snag in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner door in May 2024. They alleged the Dreamliner's door had malfunctioned as the slide raft deployed, though the door was opened in the "manual mode". This incident concerns the Mumbai-London B787 (VT-ANQ) opera flight AI-129, after it docked at Heathrow and the passengers disembarked. 'We refused to change our statements despite considerable pressure exerted on us by higher authorities,' the letter said, naming three senior officials. In March this year, Air India terminated the services of a trainer pilot following a whistleblower complaint regarding lapses during simulator training and grounded 10 of his under trainees. Answers and anxieties Since the crash, Air India and Tata Sons seem to be sinking in a quicksand box of questions. Bookings too have taken a hit, as Air India flights have declined by around 20% on domestic as well as international routes while the average fares have dropped by 8-15% in the aftermath of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash. The Wire reached out to Air India for their comments on the allegations made by the pilot as well as the administrative culture in question. The Air India spokesperson responded by saying, "We have no record of any employment termination resulting from an employee reporting operational irregularities. Air India, like all Tata group companies, strictly adheres to the Tata Code of Conduct, which – on the contrary – encourages employees to report potential violations of the Code, policies, laws, or misconduct." The spokesperson added, 'Co-pilots upgrade to Captains as per the eligibility criteria defined in our manuals, which is amongst the most stringent in the Indian aviation industry. The syllabus for these training is defined by the DGCA in the Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR), and the same is followed by all airlines in India.' The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our channel for sharp analysis and opinions on the latest developments.
